Rishi architects end-to-end data processing pipelines, AI systems, and big-data infrastructure that enable breakthrough and novel scientific discoveries. Additionally, Rishi creates art at the intersection of traditional Islamic geometry, robotics, and science. Rishi is also a classically trained North Indian Hindustani classical musician (tabla, vocals).
Project Systems Engineer, Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform (MAAP)
Architect & Systems Engineer, Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis (OPERA) Science Data System
U.S. Department of State
Fulbright Specialist — selected by peer-review committee in computer science; provides expert consultation in information technology to international organizations.
Curriculum Architect — designed an undergraduate curriculum in robotics for a higher-education institute in Paramaribo, Suriname; coursework tailored to local economic context and to students balancing full-time work alongside study.
Museum of Jurassic Technology
Collaborating artist (not staff) — selling work to the museum gift shop. The Veiled Gazelle Bookmark, a six-month design effort for the museum’s 2024 A Veiled Gazelle exhibition (brass and stainless steel, laser-etched ten-fold Ottoman geometric pattern from the Selim II era), became the gift shop’s number-one top-selling item.
Verma, R., et al. “Open Source Community-Built Software Standards for Space and Ground Software.” 18th International Conference on Space Operations, 2025.
Verma, R., et al. “Experiments in Transferring, Validating and Releasing Mars 2020 Mission Archival Multi-Media and Imagery Data Deliveries in the Cloud.” Planetary Science Informatics and Data Analytics Conference, 2021.
Co-author. “Cloud Processing of PDS Archival Products with Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, and Elasticsearch.” 5th Planetary Data Workshop & 2nd Planetary Science Informatics & Data Analytics Meeting, 2021.
Verma, R., et al. “Archive Manager and Processor (AMP).” 4th Planetary Data Workshop, Flagstaff, AZ, 2019.
Verma, R., et al. “Archive Inventory Management System (AIMS).” Planetary Science Informatics and Data Analytics Conference, St. Louis, MI, 2018.
Verma, R., et al. “SciSpark: Applying In-memory Distributed Computing to Weather Event Detection and Tracking.” IEEE International Conference on Big Data, 2015.
Co-author. “Radio Array of Portable Interferometric Detectors (RAPID): Development of a deployable multiple application radio array.” International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Space, 2015.
Verma, R., et al. “A Distributed, Open Source based Data Infrastructure for the Megacities Carbon Project.” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
Co-author. “24 Hour Near Real Time Processing and Computation for the JPL Airborne Snow Observatory.” International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Quebec, Canada, 2014.
Verma, R., et al. “A Laboratory-Targeted, Data Management and Processing System for the Early Detection Research Network.” IEEE Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), New York, NY, 2014.
Co-author. “Time-bound analytic tasks on large datasets through dynamic configuration of workflows.” ACM Workflows in Support of Large-Scale Science, New York, NY, 2013.
Verma, R., et al. “Developing a GIS for CO2 analysis using lightweight, open source components.” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2012.
Co-author. “Developing an Open Source, Reusable Platform for Distributed Collaborative Information Management in the Early Detection Research Network.” IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Las Vegas, NV, 2012.
Co-author. “Carbon Dioxide and GIS: CO2 Virtual Science Data Environment.” The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), Washington, D.C., 2012.
Verma, R., et al. “A Virtual Science Data Environment for Carbon-Dioxide Observations.” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2011.
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